The Alchemist was the first chemicals tanker ship in history. Her story starts in 1944, as a regular oil tanker named Pinnacles. She was one of the T2-class tankers produced during World War II for the US War Shipping Administration. In 1961 she was drastically modified at the Reinstahl Nordseewerke in Emben, Germany, and became the Alchemist. The most important modification was the stainless steel coat of 18 of her tanks (40% of her cargo volume) and a totally individual cargo pump system for each tank. The coating made it possible to perfectly clean each tank so they could be used to transport different chemicals every time. The individual pumping systems made it possible to transport different types of chemicals at once. The American chemicals’ company Steubner Co. Inc. created a shipping company called Antilles Steamship Co Ltd. specially to manage the Alchemist. She stayed on duty until 1982, when she was sold for scrapping. Her yard model in a scale of 1:100 is part of our exhibition on the history of tankers on deck 6 of the museum. The Alchemist, being the first, was not as advanced as modern chemical tankers. Still, she already had all design perks you speak about. You are absolutely right. We did not wrote about it in the text, but her original bridge was amidship. It was moved towards the stern when she was modified in 1961. She was a small revolution. Chemical tankers are vital for some industries nowadays.